In order to prevent gas hydrate forming, Natural gas has to be warmed up at natural gas pressure reduction point (usually called City Gate Station (CGS)) before pressure reduction takes place. The gas is warmed up using the bath type heater which burns the natural gas as fuel. Employing solar...

A preliminary solar–hydrogen energy system for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been proposed to bridge the gap between oil and natural gas demand and supply in the 21st century, and to meet the country's share in the energy market. In our study, we quantitatively consider the benefits of...

The use of jojoba methyl ester as a pilot fuel was investigated for almost the first time as a way to improve the performance of dual fuel engine running on natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at part load. The dual fuel engine used was Ricardo E6 variable compression diesel engine and...

Methane and carbon dioxide are the two main constituents of biogas. Biogas also contains traces of nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen and hydrogen sulphide. When diesel engine runs on biogas, the combustion is poor as compared to diesel fuel. One of the reason of poor combustion is the presence of...

In order to establish a reliable and environmentally friendly power supply system for the County of Split and Dalmatia, a brief account of the geographic and demographic characteristics, economic structure and consumption of energy and resources of the region are given in this paper. On the...

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants typically incorporate one or various auxiliary boilers operating in parallel to the solar field to facilitate start up operations, provide system stability, avoid freezing of heat transfer fluid (HTF) and increase generation capacity. The environmental...

Non-oxidative decomposition of natural gas to COx-free hydrogen production over commercial nickel-molybdate hydrotreating catalysts with different Ni loading from 5 to 40wt% were studied at 700 °C. The catalysts were characterized by XRD, BET, TEM, Raman spectroscopy and TG-DTA analysis. The...

The Caribbean region is endowed with renewable energy resources which remain largely untapped. With an average insolation of 15-20 MJ m−2 day−1, investment in some renewable energy technologies is feasible. The major problem confronting the region is lack of financial resources. Petroleum...